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How to Choose the Right Christian Counselor for You
Author: Dave Lloyd
How to Choose a Christian Counselor
Yet through the wise choosing of a Christian therapist, one can find the help they need while still maintaining a Biblical basis for faith and incorporating Scripture and prayer into their personal growth process. Christian counseling is best done by someone with an advanced (Master’s) degree trained in the principles of psychotherapy and grounded in the essentials of Christian teaching. Through this combination, they will be able to discern behavioral or relational patterns that are both consistent with the Bible and lead to healthy spiritual and emotional growth.
Emotional and Spiritual Growth Essential
What many Christian counselors have come to believe over time is that emotional and spiritual growth are not mutually exclusive. In other words, one cannot be spiritual growing while emotionally bankrupt or relationally out of integrity. So while much of the time spent in the therapy room discussing your particular issue will focus on how to solve the primary issue you’re facing, the ultimate goal of most Christian therapists is to lead you to a greater aware of tools you can develop to increase both your spiritual and emotional health.
How to Select a Christian Therapist
In order to choose the right Christian therapy professional for you, it’s best to focus on:
their education and training
the role they believe therapy plays in the lives of their clients
the way they plan to integrate biblical and relational truths into therapy
their personal Statement of Faith or statement of a relationship with Christ
whether you feel a connection with them
how much you believe their expertise and personal character will help them in the practice of therapy
Choosing the right Christian counselor is an important consideration on your way to continued emotional and spiritual growth.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/religion-articles/how-to-choose-the-right-christian-counselor-for-you-16015.html
About the Author
Dave Lloyd has created http://www.christiantherapy.org for more valuable information about Christian therapy and counseling.
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I need some activities to use in my personal growth group counseling class. I need a website that has answers
I have to facilitate a group for my group counseling class. The group is focusing on personal growth. I need a website that helps with suggestions.
Consider this site about spotting one’s own disordered thinking as a way to make relationships work better:
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Strand/2512/disthink.html
best systems of psych for understanding and development?
I know this is a little vague but in your opinion what book or video or courseware have you found to be the most enlightening regarding either understanding/predicting/counseling the behavior of others OR personal growth and development.
I’ve seen and read a little about the various schools of psychology but I’m sure in any given school what is readily available is nothing compared to the best teachings available within that school. Feel free to suggest obscure schools of psychology but I’m looking for specific books not just general schools. Thanks!!
I would say that you should definately check out “What the Bleep”
That will enlighten you…
Can someone please edit my introductory paragraph for the MSW personal statement?
As a single mother who has confronted issues like poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, and single parenting, I am committed to helping individuals achieve personal growth and I am determined to enhance the well-being of individuals from diverse backgrounds, such as the homeless, elderly, disabled, and single mothers. As a result of my own personal experiences,I am familiar with the constant despair and frustration to those struggling to survive. I am convinced that increasing our own sense of empowerment can make the difference between a future of despondency or one filled with hope. I am applying to the Master’s of Social Work because I am dedicated to pursing my life mission: helping others in embracing their inner potential to make a positive life transition. Preparation for my personal goal began began while I worked at Harbor View Adolescent Center as a Youth Counselor. My primary work responsibility involved my serving as a positive role role model for adolescents, ranging from ages twelve to eighteen. I also encouraged the adolescents to communicate more effectively and interact with others. The adolescents encountered issues such as physical and sexual abuse, abandonment, drug and alcohol abuse, depression, and severe behavior problems. At times, the position was extremely stressful;however, I discovered that I had the ability to connect with the adolescents and develop strong emotional ties. While working with them, I focused on several areas of treatment, including their social skills, vocational skills, and independent living skills, and not on their negative abilities. My main ambition was to help them build their self-esteem and improve their sense of security. My career goal specifically is to help the vulnerable and oppressed individuals who will benefit from improvement in their quality of live. I want to ensure that these groups of individuals have equal access for services, resources, and much needed guidance.
I have a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and I look forward to earning an MSW degree because I feel strongly that this is the professional career that is the best match for my wanting to make a positive difference in the lives of others. The MSW degree will prepare me for service to a broad spectrum of people: with mental disabilities, physical disabilities, social problems, and family problems through rehabilitation counseling and helping individuals develop the necessary skills for dealing effectively and successfully with their personal problems.
Wonderful Job!
2 places you repeated a word.
Preparation for my personal goal BEGAN BEGAN when I worked at Harbor View Adolescent Center as a Youth Counselor. My primary work responsibility involved my serving as a positive ROLE ROLE model for adolescents
Should I come clean with my good fortune or leave my soon to be ex-wife in the dark?
I have been in the divorce process for almost a year. Counseling and personal growth have helped me. I am getting my life back and making it better. Our relationship was one of ten years, married 4. We have a young toddle, 3 years old. We lost our house and now our jobs have constricted hours. My wife wants to leave the area and I am adamant to remain an active father in our child’s life. Well my faith and support system has led me to find a house that needs some TLC and hard work. I have the option to lease and buy in two years. A reasonable monthly lease and a set buying price. Should I let my wife know the details or just tell her I’m moving in. The home is in our town we lived and she currently is living. I want to offer her a place to live and remain active parents for our child. And to ask for patience and to show her I am for real and not going any place.
I’d keep the details about the home to yourself. Share that you’ll stay in the area, but no reason to tell her financial details.
Heck…it’s a lease option and you’ve not bought it yet, right? If asked, just say you’re leasing. If you end up buying, you can disclose that in a couple years when it happens.
Good for you for being there for your kids.
why is personal dvelopment relevant, important in counselling?
I am currently studying counselling and have an assignment that has just got me baffled, why is personal development important in training to be a counsellor? im also looking for other theories apart rom Ma slows heirachy of needs and the Johari window on human growth….any help would be greatly appreciated
partly it gives you another route to empathy – you know what its like to be the one on the other chair struggling to understand yourself – also you need a sort of emotional lexicon for yourself because if you arent familiar with your own process you can stray into the chicken soup of projections and introjections – (transference/ counter transference ) so you need to be as clear and up to date in your own growth so you know where your blind spots are and therefore know what to take to supervision. Try Rogers 19 propositions or seven stages of growth but I’d read an interpreted version rather than the original. I used to be a counselling tutor and I think that your own personal growth is more important than theory – it keeps you from ‘knowing’ what a client needs and keeps you in there trying to understand because in essence every breakthough your client makes you make with them as it loosens up your own processes so its a two for the price of one. The price being hte energy expended in the counselling process.